I'm (hopefully) going to start setting boulders at my local gym soon and I was just wondering if anyone knew of any good resources/tips. As it is I'm just going off my own experience and boulder comp videos online.

I'm (hopefully) going to start setting boulders at my local gym soon and I was just wondering if anyone knew of any good resources/tips. As it is I'm just going off my own experience and boulder comp videos online.

The resources above will be helpful.

Also, a few tips: 1) Don't neglect the footholds. 2) When first starting to set, don't set harder than you can actually climb (ie. if you can't complete it in a few tries). 3) If you're tall, follow the "elbow" rule for long moves; that is, don't set moves with a wingspan larger than the distance from your finger tips to the opposite elbow. Otherwise, shorter folks will find moves to be too reachy or nearly impossible. 4) Set interesting movement in the lower grades. V0s and V1s (in my opinion) tend to be neglected. The hold used can control the difficulty of a climb, but shouldn't necessarily dictate the movement. In other words, you could set and interesting gaston using a jug or a sloper. The jug will result in an easier problem, the sloper a harder one. Both will be interesting to climbers at the respective levels.